Gigapans

What's in your water?
Dillon Reservoir provides drinking water for the Denver Metro Area. Braving a lake 55 meters deep, researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) take to the ice to test water quality and assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in gathering sam...

One of the largest earth-filled dams in the world impounds the waters of the mighty Peace River near Hudson's Hope, BC, Canada to form the huge reservoir of Williston Lake. The dam is 600 feet high.
The Gordon Shrum generating station with its 10 turbines produces more than 40 % of the electrical energy in BC. The ...

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View of the Westfield River in Woronoco MA (part of the Town of Russell) just above the dam which was built in the area called Salmon Falls. The well known Strathmore paper mill occupying both sides of the river here for about 100 years or so. Although the mills are no longer in operation power generation, which was ...

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The huge expanse of Williston Lake, covering more than 410,000 acres is impounded by the 600 foot high Bennett Dam on the Peace River. Most of the lake is well beyond the view here as it stretches upstream more than100 miles into the Finlay Reach and the Parsnip Reach.

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The mighty Peace River is impounded here near Hudson's Hope, BC for the generation of Power by BC Hydro. The suspension bridge crosses the river and the highway leads towards Chetwynd and Prince George.
Read about the specs of the dam and powerhouse here: www.bchydro.com/community/recreation_areas/peace_cany ...